Connecting switches

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I am looking to buy an additional switch for my network (as well as getting
faster!). I already have a 8 port Switch which is full, can I just connect
another switch to the existing one, (daisy chain) or is this not possible?
 
I am looking to buy an additional switch for my network (as well as getting
faster!). I already have a 8 port Switch which is full, can I just connect
another switch to the existing one, (daisy chain) or is this not possible?
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Yes, it's quite possible. Remember that you'll need one port from the
old and one port from the new to connect the two together, so if you
buy another 8 port switch you'll only end up with 14 ports to the
outside. You might need to use a (readily available) crossover cable,
depending on the particular switches.
 
Also, remember that for performance purpose it's better to group on the
same switch the computers that talks mostly together... Otherwise the
link between the two switches can become a bottleneck, as its capacity
bandwitdth is shared by all computers instead of dedicated to 1.
 
Nicolas said:
Also, remember that for performance purpose it's better to group on the
same switch the computers that talks mostly together... Otherwise the
link between the two switches can become a bottleneck, as its capacity
bandwitdth is shared by all computers instead of dedicated to 1.
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Good point.
 
This is my proposal.

I have a 8 port 10/100 switch.

I intend to get a 5 port gigabit switch, and run one my server and on of my
PC's on a gigabit LAN as I regularly move massive files (10 gig DV files)
across the network, with my current setup this is a bit slow at times. The
others are fine at 10/100 (ps2, xbox, Kiss DvD player, and a multimedia
player that runs on a network) as these are 100 mbits max.

So utilising a port on the 10/100 and a port on the gbit switch (as the link
between the hubs), the computers that are already plugged into the 10/100
switch would not see any difference on network speeds (if you can understand
this!) as they are all sharing a link to a 1gigabit port

Cheers
 
This is my proposal.

I have a 8 port 10/100 switch.

I intend to get a 5 port gigabit switch, and run one my server and on of my
PC's on a gigabit LAN as I regularly move massive files (10 gig DV files)
across the network, with my current setup this is a bit slow at times. The
others are fine at 10/100 (ps2, xbox, Kiss DvD player, and a multimedia
player that runs on a network) as these are 100 mbits max.

So utilising a port on the 10/100 and a port on the gbit switch (as the link
between the hubs), the computers that are already plugged into the 10/100
switch would not see any difference on network speeds (if you can understand
this!) as they are all sharing a link to a 1gigabit port

Cheers
 
This is my proposal.

I have a 8 port 10/100 switch.

I intend to get a 5 port gigabit switch, and run one my server and on of my
PC's on a gigabit LAN as I regularly move massive files (10 gig DV files)
across the network, with my current setup this is a bit slow at times. The
others are fine at 10/100 (ps2, xbox, Kiss DvD player, and a multimedia
player that runs on a network) as these are 100 mbits max.

So utilising a port on the 10/100 and a port on the gbit switch (as the link
between the hubs), the computers that are already plugged into the 10/100
switch would not see any difference on network speeds (if you can understand
this!) as they are all sharing a link to a 1gigabit port

Cheers
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And you think we need to know this because ... ?
 
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